Hello Everyone,
This is the first entry of my blog, which is going to try and explore different topics regarding American society and our reliance and addiction to fast food. I will try and delve into such themes as how much fast food we eat, how cheaply priced it is, how often and how late we eat it. I will try and answer such questions as to whether it is a good idea that we can get any type of food at any time of the night or should Chinese food be made available in such a short amount of time. Also I would like to explore how we perceive ourselves consuming fast food as a society as well as how the world outside of the United States perceives how we consume it.
Is healthy fast food, such as Subway or Togos, really that healthy for you? I will try and get behind the calories and the processed meat and cheese and find the real secret to the famous and nationally recognized Jared Subway Diet. Also in reality are healthy and cheap a good combination when it comes to the health of our society or is this just a myth that corporate America is trying to push in order to create another business segment among the fast food and food industry in general. This is a very interesting topic because of the obvious trend towards living a more “healthy” lifestyle. Is there also an interesting correlation between the United States being the highest population for obesity per capita as well as having arguably the most healthy fast food brands in the world.
Another interesting aspect that fast food and our society have to offer is the surprisingly large amount of research and studies done on the pitfalls that fast food does to our health and well-being. Even though that these studies and statistics are put out into the public realm, this form of eating and living still is so prevalent in our society. Diabetes, obesity, heart attack and failure and clogged arteries still do not deter us from eating late night meals at McDonalds. It is much like the correlation between the studies and negative advertisements our government does against the smoking industry and still with the abundance of public knowledge people continue to smoke. It has become a conscious destruction of the health of a nation.
The fast food industry has also created a new meal time outside of breakfast, lunch and dinner. The tag line “Fourth Meal” was made famous by Taco Bell. They once again are creating new business lines and product segments to attract new customers and in the end produce more revenue. Also I would like to explore the new fresco diet, which was also created by Taco Bell pushing that if you eat off of their low calorie menu you would be able to lose weight as well.
Why does our society continue to believe that having low calories or 0 grams of trans fat is even good for you? Should this be more of a cry out for help to push towards educating our country about what is actually healthy, what should or shouldn’t you eat? Or do we have to hire a dietician or an obesity specialist or purchase some expensive health diet book?
Those are just a few questions and themes that I have begun to explore and I am sure as I wander down this drive thru path of fast food I will hopefully answer some of them and I am sure I will be confronted with a lot more.
Thanks & Signing Off
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